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Durant Road Middle

Q: Is Durant Road Middle a good school?

Durant Road Middle ranks 552 nd of 773 North Carolina middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Q: How many students attend Durant Road Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 649 students attended Durant Road Middle.

Q: What is the racial makeup of Durant Road Middle?

Students at Durant Road Middle are 39% Hispanic, 30% African American, 23% White, 6% Asian, 3% Two or more races.

Q: What high school do graduates of Durant Road Middle attend?

Students who attend Durant Road Middle usually go on to attend Wake Early College of Health and Science

Public Grades 6-8

552^nd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 773 North Carolina Middle Schools

Better than 29% of North Carolina middle schools

Summary

Durant Road Middle is a public middle school located in Raleigh, North Carolina, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 678 students. It is part of the Wake County Schools district, which is ranked 60th out of 242 districts in North Carolina and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Despite being part of a highly-ranked district, Durant Road Middle has consistently ranked in the bottom half of North Carolina middle schools over the past decade, with proficiency rates in Math, Reading, and Science that are significantly lower than the Wake County and North Carolina averages. Compared to nearby higher-performing schools like Heritage Middle, Wakefield Middle, and Rolesville Middle, Durant Road Middle lags behind by 20-50 percentage points in core subject proficiency.

The school's challenges may be influenced by a combination of factors, including a high percentage of economically disadvantaged students (67.11%) and varying performance among different student subgroups. While Durant Road Middle has adequate staffing resources and per-student spending levels on par with the district, addressing the specific needs of its diverse student population and learning from the strategies employed at higher-performing nearby schools could be crucial in improving the educational outcomes for students at this middle school.

649

Students ?

15.7

Student/teacher ratio ?

$10,019

Per pupil spending ?

68.6%

Free/discounted lunch ?

10401 Durant Rd
Raleigh, NC 27614-9369

(919) 870-4098

District: Wake County Schools

Students who attend Durant Road Middle usually attend:

High:	Wake Early College of Health and Science
	Wake STEM Early College High School
	Wake Young Men's Leadership Academy
	Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy

Feeder schools for Durant Road Middle:

Elementary:	Durant Road Elementary
	Wilburn Elementary

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

38.5%

African American:

29.7%

White:

22.8%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 67th percentile in 2015 → 29th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the North Carolina average (42% vs 54% meeting standards)

!Ranking has slipped — down 38 percentile points since 2015

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school42%

District avg64%

North Carolina avg54%

552^nd of 773

North Carolina public middle schools ?

Bottom 29%▼ down 39 pts since 2015

From top 33% (2015) to bottom 29% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

30^th of 38Middle Schools in the Wake County Schools

60^th of 242Wake County Schools among North Carolina districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	29.4	552 of 773	28.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	33.2	547 of 793	31.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	34.5	518 of 784	33.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	45.4	420 of 786	46.6%	★★☆☆☆
2021	51.7	337 of 741	54.5%	★★★☆☆
2019	54.0	348 of 737	52.8%	★★★☆☆
2018	61.1	273 of 691	60.5%	★★★☆☆
2017	62.5	257 of 694	63.0%	★★★☆☆
2016	58.0	290 of 692	58.1%	★★★☆☆
2015	64.5	231 of 705	67.2%	★★★☆☆
2014	62.5	216 of 627	65.6%	★★★☆☆
2013	72.8	153 of 673	77.3%	★★★★☆
2012	66.7	229 of 662	65.4%	★★★☆☆
2011	64.7	253 of 648	61.0%	★★★☆☆
2010	62.2	267 of 640	58.3%	★★★☆☆
2009	74.2	163 of 630	74.1%	★★★★☆
2008	74.3	139 of 620	77.6%	★★★★☆
2007	74.1	123 of 606	79.7%	★★★★☆
2006	76.6	98 of 598	83.6%	★★★★☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	42.6	298 of 546	45.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	43.6	299 of 560	46.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	38.3	335 of 559	40.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	46.5	252 of 550	54.2%	★★★☆☆
2021	43.2	270 of 533	49.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	55.1	180 of 519	65.3%	★★★☆☆
2018	60.2	151 of 494	69.4%	★★★☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	33.2	79 of 111	28.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	25.6	87 of 110	20.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	46.0	69 of 110	37.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	32.7	80 of 109	26.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	32.7	69 of 99	30.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	41.7	70 of 102	31.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	70.8	36 of 95	62.1%	★★★☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2022	30.8	316 of 449	29.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	46.6	213 of 478	55.4%	★★★☆☆
2019	52.9	183 of 504	63.7%	★★★☆☆
2018	41.7	253 of 475	46.7%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	28.4	288 of 371	22.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	33.2	242 of 356	32.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	31.3	237 of 318	25.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	26.8	262 of 312	16.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	38.4	141 of 236	40.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	23.3	194 of 211	8.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	32.6	108 of 151	28.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	26.1	565 of 733	22.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	32.0	517 of 738	29.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	33.7	486 of 731	33.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	44.7	396 of 733	46.0%	★★☆☆☆
2021	52.5	316 of 706	55.2%	★★★☆☆
2019	55.6	307 of 684	55.1%	★★★☆☆
2018	65.3	227 of 656	65.4%	★★★☆☆

Gifted and Talented

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	47.5	335 of 458	26.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	48.8	309 of 461	33.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	59.4	216 of 452	52.2%	★★★☆☆
2022	66.7	119 of 450	73.6%	★★★★☆
2021	71.4	101 of 448	77.5%	★★★★☆
2019	57.2	219 of 416	47.4%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	19.3	501 of 562	10.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	20.1	494 of 564	12.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	16.4	509 of 553	8.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	22.3	459 of 541	15.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	24.6	436 of 522	16.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	22.1	430 of 493	12.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	33.7	353 of 472	25.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	11.9	44 of 44	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	20.4	49 of 50	2.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	30.6	538 of 729	26.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	28.9	567 of 743	23.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	30.2	548 of 735	25.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	44.3	367 of 689	46.7%	★★☆☆☆
2021	49.3	280 of 633	55.8%	★★★☆☆
2019	34.6	459 of 639	28.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	43.1	354 of 604	41.4%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	31.7	510 of 733	30.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	32.7	527 of 751	29.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	33.6	505 of 747	32.4%	★★☆☆☆
2022	44.3	413 of 748	44.8%	★★☆☆☆
2021	50.1	332 of 711	53.3%	★★★☆☆
2019	49.2	365 of 697	47.6%	★★☆☆☆
2018	56.0	301 of 665	54.7%	★★★☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2023	79.8	50 of 302	83.4%	★★★★☆
2022	65.3	75 of 283	73.5%	★★★★☆
2019	51.6	105 of 237	55.7%	★★★☆☆
2018	56.1	88 of 221	60.2%	★★★☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	28.0	382 of 478	20.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	55.6	139 of 473	70.6%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2025	51.3	307 of 649	52.7%	★★★☆☆
2024	55.4	282 of 652	56.7%	★★★☆☆
2023	62.7	230 of 656	64.9%	★★★☆☆
2022	76.9	139 of 658	78.9%	★★★★☆
2021	84.3	83 of 632	86.9%	★★★★☆
2019	81.3	95 of 624	84.8%	★★★★☆
2018	85.3	64 of 596	89.3%	★★★★☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Multi-racial (2023)83rd percentile+50 vs school

White (2025)53rd percentile+24 vs school

African American (2025)45th percentile+17 vs school

Male (2025)30th percentile~ school

Disabled (2022)30th percentile-17 vs school

Asian (2025)29th percentile~ school

Gifted and Talented (2025)27th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)26th percentile~ school

Female (2025)23rd percentile-6 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)22nd percentile-6 vs school

Special Education (2025)20th percentile-9 vs school

Hispanic (2025)11th percentile-18 vs school

Homeless (2025)<1st percentile-29 vs school

By subject vs North Carolina (2024-2025) ?

Science46%-14 vs state

Mathematics44%-9 vs state

Reading39%-13 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				EOG Mathematics (2025)						EOG Reading (2025)						EOG Science (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	EOG Mathematics 3rd Grade	EOG Mathematics 4th Grade	EOG Mathematics 5th Grade	EOG Mathematics 6th Grade	EOG Mathematics 7th Grade	EOG Mathematics 8th Grade	EOG Reading 3rd Grade	EOG Reading 4th Grade	EOG Reading 5th Grade	EOG Reading 6th Grade	EOG Reading 7th Grade	EOG Reading 8th Grade	EOG Science 5th Grade	EOG Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Durant Road Middle	Public	6-8	10401 Durant Rd	Raleigh	27614	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 870-4098	649	41	15.7	68.6%	148 (22.8%)	193 (29.7%)	250 (38.5%)	38 (5.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (3.1%)	29.4	552^nd of 773 public middle schools	28.6%		33.2	547^th of 793 public middle schools	31.0%	5				48.2	49.5	35.8				37.9	43.3	37.3		46.1	$10,019	$499	$9,520
West Millbrook Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	8115 Strickland Rd	Raleigh	27615	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(919) 870-4050	1,164	68	17.1	32.3%	678 (58.2%)	154 (13.2%)	251 (21.6%)	33 (2.8%)	5 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	42 (3.6%)	77.2	155^th of 773 public middle schools	79.9%		76.5	158^th of 793 public middle schools	80.1%	3				69.8	66.1	63.3				68.7	66.9	66.5		63.7	$8,987	$359	$8,628
Wakefield Middle	Public	6-8	2300 Wakefield Pines Drive	Raleigh	27614	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 562-3500	803	45	17.7	31.4%	446 (55.5%)	163 (20.3%)	125 (15.6%)	23 (2.9%)	6 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	39 (4.9%)	73.8	175^th of 773 public middle schools	77.4%		82.1	114^th of 793 public middle schools	85.6%	61				67.7	72.4	46.1				66.1	73.9	59.6		71.2	$8,502	$321	$8,181
East Millbrook Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	3801 Spring Forest Rd	Raleigh	27616	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(919) 850-8755	731	58	12.5	99.6%	87 (11.9%)	319 (43.6%)	271 (37.1%)	18 (2.5%)	2 (0.3%)	3 (0.4%)	31 (4.2%)	18.3	651^st of 773 public middle schools	15.8%		16.9	690^th of 793 public middle schools	13.0%	39				30.2	32.4	38.3				39.0	32.4	39.6		35.6	$11,135	$1,361	$9,773
Magellan Charter	Public, Charter	3-8	9324 Baileywick Road	Raleigh	27615	Wake County	Magellan Charter	Yes	No	No	No	(919) 844-0277	411	31	13.1		333 (81.0%)	10 (2.4%)	17 (4.1%)	19 (4.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (7.5%)	98.1	9^th of 773 public middle schools	98.8%		97.1	20^th of 793 public middle schools	97.5%	11	88.4	92.5	94.2	95.6	91.0	89.7	84.1	89.6	85.5	95.6	80.6	91.2	89.9	100.0
River Bend Middle	Public	6-8	5601 Wallace Martin Way	Raleigh	27616	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(919) 694-8690	995	62	16.0	99.7%	76 (7.6%)	440 (44.2%)	392 (39.4%)	48 (4.8%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.3%)	35 (3.5%)	13.5	698^th of 773 public middle schools	9.7%		19.5	661^st of 793 public middle schools	16.6%	37				37.7	25.8	19.7				36.5	36.1	34.2		31.7	$8,782	$962	$7,820
Wake Forest Middle School	Public	6-8	1800 S Main St	Wake Forest	27587	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 554-8440	878	55	15.9	57.2%	269 (30.6%)	310 (35.3%)	204 (23.2%)	46 (5.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	47 (5.4%)	38.2	482^nd of 773 public middle schools	37.6%		48.7	407^th of 793 public middle schools	48.7%	75				53.6	41.4	35.9				46.4	49.3	45.9		56.2	$8,523	$403	$8,120
Carroll Middle	Public, Magnet	6-8	4520 Six Forks Rd	Raleigh	27609	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(919) 881-1370	898	61	14.8	61.1%	286 (31.8%)	277 (30.8%)	274 (30.5%)	15 (1.7%)	4 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (4.7%)	36.1	505^th of 773 public middle schools	34.7%		39	494^th of 793 public middle schools	37.7%	11				56.3	36.0	39.3				47.6	39.1	48.4		54.7	$9,352	$593	$8,759
Heritage Middle	Public	6-8	3400 Rogers Road	Wake Forest	27587	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 562-6204	947	58	16.2	16.9%	608 (64.2%)	116 (12.2%)	105 (11.1%)	82 (8.7%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	34 (3.6%)	91.9	46^th of 773 public middle schools	94.0%		92.8	46^th of 793 public middle schools	94.2%					82.6	85.8	73.6				72.5	76.1	80.4		80.4	$9,218	$405	$8,813
Rolesville Middle	Public	6-8	4700 Burlington Mills Road	Rolesville	27571	Wake County	Wake County Schools	No	No	No	No	(919) 570-2260	889	54	16.6	43.4%	326 (36.7%)	286 (32.2%)	178 (20.0%)	36 (4.0%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	61 (6.9%)	67	233^rd of 773 public middle schools	69.9%		66.1	240^th of 793 public middle schools	69.7%	7				69.2	61.2	52.7				65.1	56.9	53.4		69.1	$9,428	$385	$9,043

Frequently Asked Questions about Durant Road Middle

What district is Durant Road Middle in?

Wake County Schools

What is the racial makeup of Durant Road Middle?

Students at Durant Road Middle are 39% Hispanic, 30% African American, 23% White, 6% Asian, 3% Two or more races.

How many students attend Durant Road Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 649 students attended Durant Road Middle.

Is Durant Road Middle a good school?

Durant Road Middle ranks 552^nd of 773 North Carolina middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

What high school do graduates of Durant Road Middle attend?

Students who attend Durant Road Middle usually go on to attend Wake Early College of Health and Science

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